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On October 18, 1991, the then-undefeated Tommy Morrison lost to Ray Mercer via 5th-round knockout in his first attempt at capturing the WBO heavyweight title. Following his loss, Morrison strung together eight consecutive victories before landing another shot at the vacant WBO title against popular 44-year-old former heavyweight champion George Foreman.
The Philadelphia Inquirer 's Desmond Ryan remarked: For months now, Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro have been sitting in their dens and nervously clutching their Oscars. They knew that an unprecedented challenge was looming to their pre-eminent standing among American actors—the arrival of Hulk Hogan in his first starring role in a movie.
Years active. 1970s–present. George Anastasia (born February 5, 1947) is an American author and former writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is widely considered to be an expert on the American Mafia. [1][2][3] He was an organized crime investigative reporter, who was once targeted for death by then- Philadelphia crime family boss John ...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Occupation. Longshoreman. Joseph William Coyle (February 26, 1953 – August 15, 1993) was an unemployed longshoreman in Philadelphia who, in February 1981, found $1.2 million in the street, after it had fallen out of the back of an armored car, and kept it. [1] His story was made into the 1993 film ...
August 21, 2024 at 5:04 PM. By Liz Hampton. HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton on Wednesday was hit by a cyberattack, according to a person familiar with the matter ...
Website. www.inquirer.com. Media of the United States. List of newspapers. The Philadelphia Inquirer, often referred to simply as The Inquirer, is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded on June 1, 1829, The Philadelphia Inquirer is the third-longest continuously operating daily newspaper in the United States.
Huntingdon Street Grounds was an early common name for the ballpark after the street running behind the first base line and intersecting Broad Street behind home plate where the ballpark's primary entrance was located. On July 11, 1923, The Philadelphia Inquirer coined the term Baker Bowl [32] after then Phillies owner William F. Baker. Baker ...
In 1973, Foreman became a features reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer after meeting the editor Eugene L. Roberts Jr. when he was the chief Southern and civil rights correspondent for The New York Times. She was The Inquirer's first woman political writer where she focused on the 1975 mayoral candidates Frank L. Rizzo and Peter J. Camiel. [2]